TAMPA, Fla. -- Revenge was at the forefront of Troy Tulowitzki's mind when he showed up at George M. Steinbrenner Field on Monday afternoon, and it took him very little time to exact it.
Just two pitches into his first spring training game in two years, the New York Yankees shortstop deposited a pitch just over the right-field wall, narrowly hooking it inside the foul pole.
The leadoff homer was his way of making sure the Toronto Blue Jays, convinced Tulowitzki's best days as a ballplayer were long behind him, understood just how big a mistake they made by cutting him two months ago.